Königswinter station

Königswinter station
Through station
Location Königswinter, North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Coordinates 50°40′43″N 7°11′35″E / 50.67861°N 7.19306°ECoordinates: 50°40′43″N 7°11′35″E / 50.67861°N 7.19306°E
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Other information
Station code 3360
DS100 codeKWOW[1]
Category4 [2]
History
Opened 1870

Königswinter station is a station on the East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke) in the city of Königswinter in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a protected as a monument. The station was opened on 11 July 1870 as part of the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel.[3]

At its core the entrance building, which was built in 1869/70, is a two and a half storey stucco building with neoclassical influences. It has an avant-corps with three portals, covered by a gable with an oeil-de-boeuf. The station is particularly notable for an iron and glass structure that provides covered access to the island platform. In the 1950s, a glass-enclosed porch and extensions were built on both sides the station building, which were designed as the station restaurant and for the handling of freight. At the same time the interior was also redesigned.[4]

The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station.[2] The station building belonged to the city from 2004 and was sold at the end of 2012 to a real estate company. In 2013, it is to be adapted to be used for, among other things, a restaurant, including outdoor eating.[5] The underpass connects the platform with Königswinter’s old town to the west and to the premises of the Hayes Lemmerz company to the east.

Line Service Route Frequency
RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express Mönchengladbach – Rheydt – Cologne – Köln/Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf – Königswinter – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz Hourly
RB 27 Rhein-Erft-Bahn (Mönchengladbach – Rheydt –) Cologne – Troisdorf – Königswinter – Linz (Rhein) - Neuwied - Koblenz Hourly
Preceding station   Deutsche Bahn   Following station
RE 8
Rhein-Erft-Express
Rhöndorf
toward Koblenz Hbf
RB 27
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
Rhöndorf
toward Koblenz Hbf

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas) (2009/2010 ed.). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Stationspreisliste 2015" [Station price list 2015] (PDF) (in German). DB Station&Service. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ↑ André Joost. "Königswinter operations". NRW Railway Archive (in German). Arcor. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Angelika Schyma (1992). "Stadt Königswinter". In Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Denkmäler im Rheinland (in German). 23.5. Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag. p. 116. ISBN 3-7927-1200-8.
  5. ↑ "Stadt Königswinter verkauft den Bahnhof". General-Anzeiger (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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